Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, book 3)

By Jenny Han

Blurb: 
And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad’s wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then she’ll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends.

Life couldn’t be more perfect!

At least, that’s what Lara Jean thinks . . . until she gets some unexpected news.

Now the girl who dreads change must rethink all her plans—but when your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?

Review: 
I started this book straight after P.S. I Still Love You, so I was in quite the mood to see what happened in the next chapter of Lara Jean and Peters relationship.

The first scene of this book is when they are both at a party after the lacrosse game with their friends. Lara Jean is deeply in love with Peter at this moment she can't keep her eyes off him and sneaking glances at him.

The main part of this story is them graduating from High School and going to college. They come across several issues and like many couples try and figure a way to overcome their problems.

Lara Jean experiences disappointment with her college applications and Peter isn't supportive of her, which I find quite annoying because I expected him too. Lara Jean gets upset quite a lot about this.

Lara Jean tries to support Peter with his problems with his father but he seems to not want any help or talk about things which starts to push them apart. 

Their relationship throughout the book seems to have several ups and downs like many relationships do in high school years. There is a few things that happen that annoy me which I thought they could have sorted out, but when you read it I'm sure you will understand what I mean.

I also understand how Margot feels when she comes home and finds out her fathers relationship. I think if I came home and found out that I would also react the same.

When reading through the book there was nothing that I really disliked I found all of it to be like real life and the emotions of the characters felt quite true. The only thing that annoyed me is how Peter's mother told Lara Jean what to do about their relationship, I totally disagree with parents getting involved in their child's relationships unless when it's necessary. 

The ending of the book was quite good to be honest and it felt like the characters had actually grown up and that they were moving on the correct way. I really hope that there is another book to follow because I want to know what happens when they both go to college, I expect if there is a 4th book it will be from both of the point of views.

I'd 100% recommend this book if you are into romance and want to read about what it feel like during real life events. Have some tissues at hand too because it can get emotional at times.

Favourite Characters: Lara Jean

Read: 19/09/18 - 24/09/18

5 stars out of 5

written by Sammie

Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, book 3)

By Jenny Han

Blurb: 
And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad’s wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then she’ll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends.

Life couldn’t be more perfect!

At least, that’s what Lara Jean thinks . . . until she gets some unexpected news.

Now the girl who dreads change must rethink all her plans—but when your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?

Review: 
I started this book straight after P.S. I Still Love You, so I was in quite the mood to see what happened in the next chapter of Lara Jean and Peters relationship.

The first scene of this book is when they are both at a party after the lacrosse game with their friends. Lara Jean is deeply in love with Peter at this moment she can't keep her eyes off him and sneaking glances at him.

The main part of this story is them graduating from High School and going to college. They come across several issues and like many couples try and figure a way to overcome their problems.

Lara Jean experiences disappointment with her college applications and Peter isn't supportive of her, which I find quite annoying because I expected him too. Lara Jean gets upset quite a lot about this.

Lara Jean tries to support Peter with his problems with his father but he seems to not want any help or talk about things which starts to push them apart. 

Their relationship throughout the book seems to have several ups and downs like many relationships do in high school years. There is a few things that happen that annoy me which I thought they could have sorted out, but when you read it I'm sure you will understand what I mean.

I also understand how Margot feels when she comes home and finds out her fathers relationship. I think if I came home and found out that I would also react the same.

When reading through the book there was nothing that I really disliked I found all of it to be like real life and the emotions of the characters felt quite true. The only thing that annoyed me is how Peter's mother told Lara Jean what to do about their relationship, I totally disagree with parents getting involved in their child's relationships unless when it's necessary. 

The ending of the book was quite good to be honest and it felt like the characters had actually grown up and that they were moving on the correct way. I really hope that there is another book to follow because I want to know what happens when they both go to college, I expect if there is a 4th book it will be from both of the point of views.

I'd 100% recommend this book if you are into romance and want to read about what it feel like during real life events. Have some tissues at hand too because it can get emotional at times.

Favourite Characters: Lara Jean

Read: 19/09/18 - 24/09/18

5 stars out of 5

written by Sammie

P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, book 2)

By Jenny Han

Blurb: 
Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter.
She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever.
When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?

In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing.

Review: 
I started reading P.S. I Still Love You a few days after finishing book 1 (To All the Boys I've Loved Before). So we have met all of the main characters before, this book starts off after the argument with Lara-Jean and Peter.

Lara-Jean and her sisters are being forced into wearing a traditional Korean outfit called a Hanbok for New Years by their father. Lara-Jean is still upset and not actually sure what has happened between her and Peter and hasn't been in contact with him. She wrote him a good bye letter thinking that things were ending. But after New Years at their Grandmas she calls in at Peters to deliver the letter but chickens out and just tells him slighly how she feels, but then he notices the letter in her pocket and forces it from her to read.

Throughout the whole book there is quite a complicated relationship drama going on, Lara-Jean and Peter are arguing the majority of the time, and Lara-Jean has started to get more jealous of Genevieve so things are getting more difficult and restraint between her and Peter.

Lara-Jean also starts to get labelled as a slut and finds out who sent the thing to the bloggers account, she tells Peter but he doesn't believe her. But Peter does an investigation on the person and we find out towards the end of the book the result of that investigation.

Peter's relationship with Genevieve is quite annoying because he is supposed to be really in love with Lara-Jean but he always seems to choose Genevieve over her. Which is quite shocking in my opinion because I don't believe that someone should be still friends with their ex especially if they are now in a relationship. But I know people have different opinions, but I just don't think it's right because there's history in that relationship so what is to stop you starting it back up again. This is the main thought I feel is going through Lara-Jean's mind too considering she always bumps into them when Peter has his hands on Genevieve so it does look suspicious from her point of view.

But Lara-Jean is no perfect girl because she has started writing letters to John and hasn't fully disclosed to Peter this information, or told John that she is going out with Peter. So being honest they are nearly as bad as each other accept that Lara hasn't actually touched or met up with John yet when things start blowing up.

Another major thing that happens in the book is that Kitty tries to set her father up on a date and Lara-Jean and Margot make their father a dating page. Which he finds out about and makes them stop.

All this cheating and going on behind the other ones back is quite realistic. So the feelings that you start to feel for Lara-Jean is quite heart breaking, considering this is her first boyfriend and this is the way he is treating her.

The ending of this book isn't so drastic it's quite nice really. It felt quite closed off but it makes you wonder if things are going to stay like that in the third book or are going to experience more drama and chaos.

It's best to read this book after you read the first one to understand why people are a certain way and understand their history with one another. I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves romance, cheating, chaos, drama and stuck up people and soppy moments. Just be prepared with some tissues you may require them.

Favourite Characters: Kitty

Read: 17/09/18 - 18/09/18

5 stars out of 5

Check out Book 3: Always and Forever, Lara Jean

written by Sammie

P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, book 2)

By Jenny Han

Blurb: 
Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter.
She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever.
When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?

In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing.

Review: 
I started reading P.S. I Still Love You a few days after finishing book 1 (To All the Boys I've Loved Before). So we have met all of the main characters before, this book starts off after the argument with Lara-Jean and Peter.

Lara-Jean and her sisters are being forced into wearing a traditional Korean outfit called a Hanbok for New Years by their father. Lara-Jean is still upset and not actually sure what has happened between her and Peter and hasn't been in contact with him. She wrote him a good bye letter thinking that things were ending. But after New Years at their Grandmas she calls in at Peters to deliver the letter but chickens out and just tells him slighly how she feels, but then he notices the letter in her pocket and forces it from her to read.

Throughout the whole book there is quite a complicated relationship drama going on, Lara-Jean and Peter are arguing the majority of the time, and Lara-Jean has started to get more jealous of Genevieve so things are getting more difficult and restraint between her and Peter.

Lara-Jean also starts to get labelled as a slut and finds out who sent the thing to the bloggers account, she tells Peter but he doesn't believe her. But Peter does an investigation on the person and we find out towards the end of the book the result of that investigation.

Peter's relationship with Genevieve is quite annoying because he is supposed to be really in love with Lara-Jean but he always seems to choose Genevieve over her. Which is quite shocking in my opinion because I don't believe that someone should be still friends with their ex especially if they are now in a relationship. But I know people have different opinions, but I just don't think it's right because there's history in that relationship so what is to stop you starting it back up again. This is the main thought I feel is going through Lara-Jean's mind too considering she always bumps into them when Peter has his hands on Genevieve so it does look suspicious from her point of view.

But Lara-Jean is no perfect girl because she has started writing letters to John and hasn't fully disclosed to Peter this information, or told John that she is going out with Peter. So being honest they are nearly as bad as each other accept that Lara hasn't actually touched or met up with John yet when things start blowing up.

Another major thing that happens in the book is that Kitty tries to set her father up on a date and Lara-Jean and Margot make their father a dating page. Which he finds out about and makes them stop.

All this cheating and going on behind the other ones back is quite realistic. So the feelings that you start to feel for Lara-Jean is quite heart breaking, considering this is her first boyfriend and this is the way he is treating her.

The ending of this book isn't so drastic it's quite nice really. It felt quite closed off but it makes you wonder if things are going to stay like that in the third book or are going to experience more drama and chaos.

It's best to read this book after you read the first one to understand why people are a certain way and understand their history with one another. I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves romance, cheating, chaos, drama and stuck up people and soppy moments. Just be prepared with some tissues you may require them.

Favourite Characters: Kitty

Read: 17/09/18 - 18/09/18

5 stars out of 5

Check out Book 3: Always and Forever, Lara Jean

written by Sammie

The Golden Tower (Magisterium Series, book 5) 

By Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

Blurb: 
The final, thrilling installment in this extraordinary series from bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.

A generation ago, powerful mage Constantine Madden came close to achieving what no magician had ever achieved: the ability to bring back the dead. He didn't succeed . . . but he did find a way to keep himself alive, inside a young child named Callum Hunt.

Facing up to what he is, Callum has battled chaos and evil across four years of magical training at the Magisterium, eventually defeating the armies of chaos in an epic battle.

It came at a cost.

Now, triumphant and heartbroken, Callum Hunt has just about had enough, and is ready to complete his training. But the evil Callum faced has not given up just yet...

Review: 
I believed I mentioned this in the previous review but the characters didn’t match their age. In this book they would have been 16 I think but yet they still spoke and responded rather child like 12 or something. I think they needed maturity added to them, just a tad. It was hard to connect to the characters after 5 books because they didn’t really develop they just stayed the same. 

Something minor that I have a problem with is Callum’s nickname. I don’t mind characters names being shortened but his was shortened to Call. It would have been fine if it was spelt like Cal. My problem with it is I always ended up reading it wrong, I would read it like phone call which just wasn’t good when trying to read.

Now that everyone knows that Call is the enemy of death reborn, a few people start to hate him. The one I didn’t expect was Celia. Celia was a close friend to Call and before getting with Jasper she had a crush on him. It was quite sad to see them fall out, thought she would have seen the good in him. Celia started of as a nice girl and I matched her more with Call than Tamara but her character developed the most. Even though I didn’t like how she turned out, I still enjoyed having this development.

I really appreciate in the Magisterium that the students all have a Master and they’re only in small classes. I wish schools were more like that as it would mean all students are getting the attention that they need. It would be more expensive but I just like the idea of it. I also like how they can go swimming and watch films with alternative endings due to air magic. I liked these creative aspects of the book.

All of the 5 books had the same rough format. They would talk to Warren the lizard who would have a warning. They ignore the warning to an extent then something bad happens. I don’t mind books having repetition like this, as long as there’s an overall plot linking everything together which there was. I know some people don’t like that though so I wouldn’t recommend this series to those who like all the stories to be different. Something I quite enjoyed in this book was the sort of 4th wall break. Gwenda; who became a stronger character in this book; figured out the pattern and said to the gang. I just appreciated that scene in the book. 

*SPOILERS*

At the end of the previous book, Aaron’s sole was sucked into Call and he could start to hear Aaron. In this book I did like how Aaron acted sort of like Call’s moral compass. Well he was always Call’s moral compass but even more so since he was inside Call’s head. It was funny having Aaron react to situations or Call’s thoughts. I also enjoyed Aaron telling Call what is best to say and that Tamara didn’t like it because Call started to sound like Aaron and she didn’t want Aaron that way, she liked Call the way he was. 

I however didn’t appreciate Aaron getting in the way of Call and Tamara’s relationship. Like I understand that he would feel uncomfortable when they kissed but they were meant to be so he should have just tried to ignore it and put up with it. Most intrusive cock-block in history. Because of this Tamara and Call’s relationship bounced about a bit but once they got Aaron out of his head they finally could be together. 

While Aaron was in Call’s head he could see a safe of locked up memories that they believed to be Constantines. I had a feeling they would get released and Aaron would have to bring Call away from the darkness but sadly it didn’t happen that way. Instead they released and turned out to be memories of past Makars. They didn’t really negatively affect Callum and we didn’t get the whole evil vs good issue. It was an interesting twist but it’s only real purpose was for the gang to figure out how to undevour Alex. So the safe ended up being disappointing for me.

Aaron and Call had a big moral dilemma of figuring out what to do with Aaron. He needed a body for his own but the problem is they didn’t want to be like Constantine who forced his soul in Call’s body as a baby. I figured their plan out when they decided to tell Tamara.  It was quite obvious. They wanted to keep Alex alive after they devoured his caos and put Aaron in his place. That way morally they replaced an evil person with a good person. I found this a bit weird though because Aaron would just suddenly be using Alex’s body and have his appearance. It must have been a strange experience but it wasn’t expressed in the book.

A twist in the book I did enjoy was Alastair, Call’s father became a devoured of air. He did this so he can help the gang defeat Alex as they needed a devoured of every element and air was the only one less. Throughout the series Alastair was a complicated character, he hated magic and although he loved Call he didn’t always do the right thing by him. This final act of Alastair just helped finalise this character for me and I found it a great twist for the story.

I wasn’t a great fan of the ending, it was obviously going to be successful after all it’s the last book of the series. My fault with it was that they won too easily. It could have been more dramrous and a harder struggle. Someone important could have died or got really close to it at least. The only deaths were Assemblyman Graves and Anastasia. I just wanted it to be hard but instead they took Alex straight down without any real struggle. I did like the very end where they had to go through the final gate and complete their school life that was a good take and the last line of the book was very fitting. 

Overall I found the book quite predictable and the odd twists that did occur were either not great or weren’t enough for the story to be rewarded higher. It was an alright quick read but I’ve read better books.

Quote: 

'They were both good people now. They just had to stay that way.'

- Holly Black & Cassandra Clare, The Golden Tower

Rating: 2.5 runes out of 5

written by Lauren

The Golden Tower (Magisterium Series, book 5) 

By Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

Blurb: 
The final, thrilling installment in this extraordinary series from bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.

A generation ago, powerful mage Constantine Madden came close to achieving what no magician had ever achieved: the ability to bring back the dead. He didn't succeed . . . but he did find a way to keep himself alive, inside a young child named Callum Hunt.

Facing up to what he is, Callum has battled chaos and evil across four years of magical training at the Magisterium, eventually defeating the armies of chaos in an epic battle.

It came at a cost.

Now, triumphant and heartbroken, Callum Hunt has just about had enough, and is ready to complete his training. But the evil Callum faced has not given up just yet...

Review: 
I believed I mentioned this in the previous review but the characters didn’t match their age. In this book they would have been 16 I think but yet they still spoke and responded rather child like 12 or something. I think they needed maturity added to them, just a tad. It was hard to connect to the characters after 5 books because they didn’t really develop they just stayed the same. 

Something minor that I have a problem with is Callum’s nickname. I don’t mind characters names being shortened but his was shortened to Call. It would have been fine if it was spelt like Cal. My problem with it is I always ended up reading it wrong, I would read it like phone call which just wasn’t good when trying to read.

Now that everyone knows that Call is the enemy of death reborn, a few people start to hate him. The one I didn’t expect was Celia. Celia was a close friend to Call and before getting with Jasper she had a crush on him. It was quite sad to see them fall out, thought she would have seen the good in him. Celia started of as a nice girl and I matched her more with Call than Tamara but her character developed the most. Even though I didn’t like how she turned out, I still enjoyed having this development.

I really appreciate in the Magisterium that the students all have a Master and they’re only in small classes. I wish schools were more like that as it would mean all students are getting the attention that they need. It would be more expensive but I just like the idea of it. I also like how they can go swimming and watch films with alternative endings due to air magic. I liked these creative aspects of the book.

All of the 5 books had the same rough format. They would talk to Warren the lizard who would have a warning. They ignore the warning to an extent then something bad happens. I don’t mind books having repetition like this, as long as there’s an overall plot linking everything together which there was. I know some people don’t like that though so I wouldn’t recommend this series to those who like all the stories to be different. Something I quite enjoyed in this book was the sort of 4th wall break. Gwenda; who became a stronger character in this book; figured out the pattern and said to the gang. I just appreciated that scene in the book. 

*SPOILERS*

At the end of the previous book, Aaron’s sole was sucked into Call and he could start to hear Aaron. In this book I did like how Aaron acted sort of like Call’s moral compass. Well he was always Call’s moral compass but even more so since he was inside Call’s head. It was funny having Aaron react to situations or Call’s thoughts. I also enjoyed Aaron telling Call what is best to say and that Tamara didn’t like it because Call started to sound like Aaron and she didn’t want Aaron that way, she liked Call the way he was. 

I however didn’t appreciate Aaron getting in the way of Call and Tamara’s relationship. Like I understand that he would feel uncomfortable when they kissed but they were meant to be so he should have just tried to ignore it and put up with it. Most intrusive cock-block in history. Because of this Tamara and Call’s relationship bounced about a bit but once they got Aaron out of his head they finally could be together. 

While Aaron was in Call’s head he could see a safe of locked up memories that they believed to be Constantines. I had a feeling they would get released and Aaron would have to bring Call away from the darkness but sadly it didn’t happen that way. Instead they released and turned out to be memories of past Makars. They didn’t really negatively affect Callum and we didn’t get the whole evil vs good issue. It was an interesting twist but it’s only real purpose was for the gang to figure out how to undevour Alex. So the safe ended up being disappointing for me.

Aaron and Call had a big moral dilemma of figuring out what to do with Aaron. He needed a body for his own but the problem is they didn’t want to be like Constantine who forced his soul in Call’s body as a baby. I figured their plan out when they decided to tell Tamara.  It was quite obvious. They wanted to keep Alex alive after they devoured his caos and put Aaron in his place. That way morally they replaced an evil person with a good person. I found this a bit weird though because Aaron would just suddenly be using Alex’s body and have his appearance. It must have been a strange experience but it wasn’t expressed in the book.

A twist in the book I did enjoy was Alastair, Call’s father became a devoured of air. He did this so he can help the gang defeat Alex as they needed a devoured of every element and air was the only one less. Throughout the series Alastair was a complicated character, he hated magic and although he loved Call he didn’t always do the right thing by him. This final act of Alastair just helped finalise this character for me and I found it a great twist for the story.

I wasn’t a great fan of the ending, it was obviously going to be successful after all it’s the last book of the series. My fault with it was that they won too easily. It could have been more dramrous and a harder struggle. Someone important could have died or got really close to it at least. The only deaths were Assemblyman Graves and Anastasia. I just wanted it to be hard but instead they took Alex straight down without any real struggle. I did like the very end where they had to go through the final gate and complete their school life that was a good take and the last line of the book was very fitting. 

Overall I found the book quite predictable and the odd twists that did occur were either not great or weren’t enough for the story to be rewarded higher. It was an alright quick read but I’ve read better books.

Quote: 

'They were both good people now. They just had to stay that way.'

- Holly Black & Cassandra Clare, The Golden Tower

Rating: 2.5 runes out of 5

written by Lauren

To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before Series, book 1)

By Jenny Han

Blurb: 
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all. 

Review: 
So I just finished the Oracle Queen before reading this book and towards the end of that book I could feel myself starting to go into a reading slump, hence the huge change in genre.

I chose this book to read because I'd watched the Netflix Original and though it was excellent and found that there was actually a book series. So I puchased it, and now you get my review.

So the book started off with Margot dating Josh, everyone within the Song household loved him for different reasons. Margot is off to St. Andrews to study anthropology in Scotland in 2 weeks, so she is starting off a whole new life without her sisters (Kitty and Lara-Jean) and Josh being there for her. They are discussing meeting up in Paris as a whole get together so they can enjoy life again. 

The ones staying in America are so nervous and worried about what they will do without Margot because she is the glue for all of those people, as she makes their lives easier.

Margot has took on the role of her mother since the age of 12 when her mum sadly died after hitting her head. I won't go into too much detail cause otherwise uou may as well just skip the accident part in the book. Within the Netflix Original you don't find out the reason why their mother died, you are just aware that she has passed away and Margot has took over this role.

Josh was first best friends with Lara-Jean until the start of the term one year when he announced to Lara-Jean that he loved someone but didn't know how to tell this person. Lara-Jean thought he was on about her so she was building up the courage to tell him that she liked him, and that day when she got home she found Josh at her house and Margot announced that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Since then Song girls had made a pact to always stick together, and not cause arguments with one another Lara-Jean decided that day was the last day she would love Josh and wrote a letter good bye. So the last 2 paragraphs are a bit of an insight into the past of all these characters lives. The book also does this and it is quite a good thing I think as it allows you to get a lot more detail and understand why characters act a certain way and the roles they have taken on and why.

I'll try not to go into too much detail about the rest of the book as I don't want to give away the main spoilers. But Margot broke up with Josh before going to Uni to make things easier for her, Kitty is annoyed and Lara-Jean because she felt like she was being secluded form the Paris trip and Lara-Jean returns to school to find all the letters she had wrote to the boys she loved had been sent out!

This is when we meet Peter Kavinsky. Described as the most handsome guy you've ever seen, who is one of the popular students that doesn't do too well at his classes.

Throughout the book Lara-Jean has took on the tole of mother but is struggling to do it and realised how good Margot was actually doing it. By realising this she starts to miss Margot a lot but because her life has changed so much she feels like she can't talk to her older sister about the things that are bothering her anymore. This upsets her even more because they used to be so close to one another and could tell each other everything. Also since the letters have been sent out the families relationship with Josh has started to fade making things difficult for Kitty.

Putting it in simple terms there is a lot of drama between Lara-Jean, Peter and Josh. Which is the majority of the book and things get difficult at times for each of these main characters.

I feel that each of the characters personalities and backgrounds were well developed and I wouldn't actually change anything about them. They all have their quirks and their annoying bits, but overall I don't think I hate any of the characters really.

The only one that I would have a slight grudge about would be Peter but that's just because I wouldn't get along with him in real life. He is far too stuck up but he fits perfectly in this book so there's nothing I'd change about him.

I found that when certain things happened in the book it was really strange to see another side of the character, but by doing it like this it felt more natural of how these events would happen in real life. So I actually loved the different sides of the characters you get to see.

The sisterly love within this book is really strong but certain things happen you can start to see the tears that appear in the relationship. But towards the end of the book when Margot is home and things are discussed the relationship between all of the sisters build up again. Which was really nice because that's how I'd expect sisters to react and just forgive one another rather just be moody with them and never forgive them.

To see an insight of the Song family, the Sanderson family and the Kavinsky family was really good too because you got to know the backgrounds of where these people came from which made it easier to see why they acted in a certain way.

The ending of the book was also quite nice it was sort of what I expected and it was a nice finish really because it didn't have too many cliff-hanger questions.

While reading this book I didn't actually find many of the details different from the Netflix Original which is really good considering. So I'm quite pleased about that and I'm super excited to read the rest of the series to find out what happens and what other drama I will come across. I'd also like to see how the characters develop and change some more now that things have changed and situations are better in a way.

I'd definitely recommend this book 100% and I would recommend watching the Netflix Original too. This book is perfect for anyone that wants a true love story, twists, sisterly love, fights, jealousy, rage, and funny cringe worthy moments.

Favourite Characters: Peter Kavinsky

Read: 11/09/18 - 14/09/18

5 stars out of 5

Check out Sammie's Review of Book 2: P.S. I Still Love You

written by Sammie

To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before Series, book 1)

By Jenny Han

Blurb: 
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all. 

Review: 
So I just finished the Oracle Queen before reading this book and towards the end of that book I could feel myself starting to go into a reading slump, hence the huge change in genre.

I chose this book to read because I'd watched the Netflix Original and though it was excellent and found that there was actually a book series. So I puchased it, and now you get my review.

So the book started off with Margot dating Josh, everyone within the Song household loved him for different reasons. Margot is off to St. Andrews to study anthropology in Scotland in 2 weeks, so she is starting off a whole new life without her sisters (Kitty and Lara-Jean) and Josh being there for her. They are discussing meeting up in Paris as a whole get together so they can enjoy life again. 

The ones staying in America are so nervous and worried about what they will do without Margot because she is the glue for all of those people, as she makes their lives easier.

Margot has took on the role of her mother since the age of 12 when her mum sadly died after hitting her head. I won't go into too much detail cause otherwise uou may as well just skip the accident part in the book. Within the Netflix Original you don't find out the reason why their mother died, you are just aware that she has passed away and Margot has took over this role.

Josh was first best friends with Lara-Jean until the start of the term one year when he announced to Lara-Jean that he loved someone but didn't know how to tell this person. Lara-Jean thought he was on about her so she was building up the courage to tell him that she liked him, and that day when she got home she found Josh at her house and Margot announced that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Since then Song girls had made a pact to always stick together, and not cause arguments with one another Lara-Jean decided that day was the last day she would love Josh and wrote a letter good bye. So the last 2 paragraphs are a bit of an insight into the past of all these characters lives. The book also does this and it is quite a good thing I think as it allows you to get a lot more detail and understand why characters act a certain way and the roles they have taken on and why.

I'll try not to go into too much detail about the rest of the book as I don't want to give away the main spoilers. But Margot broke up with Josh before going to Uni to make things easier for her, Kitty is annoyed and Lara-Jean because she felt like she was being secluded form the Paris trip and Lara-Jean returns to school to find all the letters she had wrote to the boys she loved had been sent out!

This is when we meet Peter Kavinsky. Described as the most handsome guy you've ever seen, who is one of the popular students that doesn't do too well at his classes.

Throughout the book Lara-Jean has took on the tole of mother but is struggling to do it and realised how good Margot was actually doing it. By realising this she starts to miss Margot a lot but because her life has changed so much she feels like she can't talk to her older sister about the things that are bothering her anymore. This upsets her even more because they used to be so close to one another and could tell each other everything. Also since the letters have been sent out the families relationship with Josh has started to fade making things difficult for Kitty.

Putting it in simple terms there is a lot of drama between Lara-Jean, Peter and Josh. Which is the majority of the book and things get difficult at times for each of these main characters.

I feel that each of the characters personalities and backgrounds were well developed and I wouldn't actually change anything about them. They all have their quirks and their annoying bits, but overall I don't think I hate any of the characters really.

The only one that I would have a slight grudge about would be Peter but that's just because I wouldn't get along with him in real life. He is far too stuck up but he fits perfectly in this book so there's nothing I'd change about him.

I found that when certain things happened in the book it was really strange to see another side of the character, but by doing it like this it felt more natural of how these events would happen in real life. So I actually loved the different sides of the characters you get to see.

The sisterly love within this book is really strong but certain things happen you can start to see the tears that appear in the relationship. But towards the end of the book when Margot is home and things are discussed the relationship between all of the sisters build up again. Which was really nice because that's how I'd expect sisters to react and just forgive one another rather just be moody with them and never forgive them.

To see an insight of the Song family, the Sanderson family and the Kavinsky family was really good too because you got to know the backgrounds of where these people came from which made it easier to see why they acted in a certain way.

The ending of the book was also quite nice it was sort of what I expected and it was a nice finish really because it didn't have too many cliff-hanger questions.

While reading this book I didn't actually find many of the details different from the Netflix Original which is really good considering. So I'm quite pleased about that and I'm super excited to read the rest of the series to find out what happens and what other drama I will come across. I'd also like to see how the characters develop and change some more now that things have changed and situations are better in a way.

I'd definitely recommend this book 100% and I would recommend watching the Netflix Original too. This book is perfect for anyone that wants a true love story, twists, sisterly love, fights, jealousy, rage, and funny cringe worthy moments.

Favourite Characters: Peter Kavinsky

Read: 11/09/18 - 14/09/18

5 stars out of 5

Check out Sammie's Review of Book 2: P.S. I Still Love You

written by Sammie